I-DUBAI - Indiza yase-Emirates yenze isimo esiphuthumayo eHyderabad. Indiza ebisuka eBangkok iya eDubai yahlala ngokuphepha esikhumulweni sezindiza iRajiv Gandhi International Airport ngasekuqaleni kweSonto. Bonke abagibeli abangu-410 ababegibele i-A380 superjumbo babephephile futhi babeyiswe lapho babeya khona ngamaqoqo.
Esitatimendeni, okhulumela inkampani yezindiza uthe: “I-Emirates ingaqinisekisa ukuthi indiza i-EK 385 ne-A380 esuka e-Bangkok iya e-Dubai iphambukiselwe esikhumulweni sezindiza samazwe ngamazwe sase-Hyderabad namuhla ngamahora angu-0345 ngenxa yokushayisana kwezobuchwepheshe endizeni.''
Inkampani yezindiza ithe abagibeli abangu-410 behle bephephile. ''Abagibeli abangu-205 bahambe nge-EK 527, indiza i-Boeing 777 ngo-10.20 amahora wendawo.''
Ithe indiza yosizo, i-EK 8385 ibifakwe emzileni waseHyderabad-Dubai ukuthutha abagibeli abangama-205 abasele ngamahora ayi-11.30.
Isikhungo sezindaba sase-India i-IANS phambilini sibike ukuthi indiza yaqala yafika esikhumulweni sezindiza sase-Chennai kodwa yangayithola imvume yokuhlala njengoba umzila wezindiza ubumatasa. ''Umshayeli wendiza wabe esethinta i-Air Traffic Control e-Shamshabad wathola imvume yokuhlala,'' kusho umbiko we-IANS.
I-Emirates isebenzisa ama-A380s kuya ezindaweni eziyi-15 emhlabeni jikelele. Kuhlelelwe ukwethula izinsiza ze-A380 emzileni wase-Dubai-Munich kusukela mhla zingama-25 kuLwezi; ukuya eRoma kusukela ngo-December 1 naseKuala Lumpur kusukela ngoJanuwari wonyaka ozayo.
I-A380 yethulwa ngo-2005 futhi kuze kube manje azikho izigameko ezibulalayo.
NgoNovemba odlule, inkampani yenkampani yase-Australia i-Qantas yamisa yonke imikhumbi yayo yama-A380 ayisithupha ngemva kokuqhunyiswa kwenjini kwenye yezindiza zayo phezu kwe-Indonesia. Ekuqaleni kuka-2010, enye i-superjumbo esetshenziswa yiQantas yaqhuma amathayi amabili lapho ifika eSydney. NgoSepthemba 2009 i-A380 yaphoqeleka ukuthi ibuyele eParis ngenxa yenkinga yezobuchwepheshe.
I-Air France, i-Emirates, Singapore Airlines, Korean Air, China Southern Airlines kanye neLufthansa yizo kuphela ezithwala indiza enkulukazi.
